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Sanremo Music Festival 1999
Dates and venue
Semi-final 1
  • 23 February 1999
Semi-final 2
  • 24 February 1999
Semi-final 3
  • 25 February 1999
Semi-final 4
  • 26 February 1999
Final
  • 27 February 1999
VenueTeatro Ariston
Sanremo, Italy
Organisation
BroadcasterRadiotelevisione italiana (RAI)
Musical directorGianfranco Lombardi
Artistic directorFabio Fazio
PresentersFabio Fazio
and Laetitia Casta, Renato Dulbecco
Big Artists section
Number of entries14
Winner"Senza pietà"
Anna Oxa
Newcomers' section
Winner"Oggi sono io"
Alex Britti
1998 ← Sanremo Music Festival → 2000

The Sanremo Music Festival 1999 (Italian: Festival di Sanremo 1999), officially the 49th Italian Song Festival (49º Festival della canzone italiana), was the 49th annual Sanremo Music Festival, held at the Teatro Ariston in Sanremo between 23 and 27 February 1999 and broadcast by Radiotelevisione italiana (RAI). The show was presented by Fabio Fazio (who also served as the artistic director), supported by Laetitia Casta and Renato Dulbecco.[1]

The quality jury consisted of Ennio Morricone (who served as president), Umberto Bindi, Toquinho, Carlo Verdone, José Carreras, Maurizio De Angelis, Enrico Brizzi, Amadeus and Dario Salvatori.[1][2] The winner of the Big Artists section was Anna Oxa with the song "Senza pietà", while Daniele Silvestri won the Critics Award with the song "Aria".Alex Britti won the "Newcomers" section with the song "Oggi sono io".[1][3] In this edition, the "Premio Città di Sanremo", a career award, was introduced, being won by Ornella Vanoni.[1]

In addition to musical guests, the guests of this edition also included Mikhail Gorbachev, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin, Michael Moore, Leslie Nielsen, Gustav Thöni, Silvan, Darlene Conley, Roberto Mancini, Alessandro Del Piero, Carla Fracci, Pierluigi Collina and Teo Teocoli.[1][3]

After every night Rai 1 broadcast DopoFestival, a talk show about the Festival with the participation of singers and journalists. It was hosted by Orietta Berti and Teo Teocoli, with the regular participation of Fabio Fazio.[1]

Participants and results

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Big Artists

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Big Artists section[1]
Song Artist(s) Songwriter(s) Rank Notes
"Senza pietà" Anna Oxa
1
  • Winner of the "Big Artists" section
"Non ti dimentico (se non ci fossero le nuvole)" Antonella Ruggiero
  • Antonella Ruggiero
  • Kaballà
  • Roberto Colombo
 2
  • Volare Award for Best Music tied
"Così è la vita" Mariella Nava Mariella Nava 3
  • Volare Award for Best Music tied
"Alberi" Enzo Gragnaniello & Ornella Vanoni Enzo Gragnaniello 4
"Lo zaino" Stadio
5
"Ancora in volo" Albano Carrisi
  • Massimo Bizzarri
  • Pino Marcucci e Albano Carrisi
 6
"Un inverno da baciare" Marina Rei
  • Marina Rei
  • Davide Pinelli
 7
"Senza giacca e cravatta" Nino D'Angelo
  • Nino D'Angelo
  • Carmine Tortora
 8
"Aria" Daniele Silvestri Daniele Silvestri 9
  • Mia Martini Critics Award
  • Volare Award for Best Lyrics
"Guardami negli occhi" Nada Nada 10
"Amami Lara" Eugenio Finardi
  • Eugenio Finardi
  • Edoardo Bechis
  • Fabrizio Consoli
 11
"Dove dov’è" Gatto Panceri Gatto Panceri 12
"Il giorno perfetto" Gianluca Grignani Gianluca Grignani 13
"Come sei bella" Massimo Di Cataldo Massimo Di Cataldo 14

Newcomers

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Newcomers section[1]
Song Artist(s) Songwriter(s) Rank Notes
"Oggi sono io" Alex Britti Alex Britti 1
  • Winner of the Newcomers' section
"Un giorno in più" Filippa Giordano
2
"Un fiume in piena" Leda Battisti Leda Battisti 3
"C’è che ti amo" Arianna
  • Valeriano Chiaravalle
  • Arianna Bergamaschi
 4
"Adesso" Daniele Groff Daniele Groff 5
"Nessuno può fermare questo tempo" Elena Cataneo
  • Stefano Cenci
  • Roberto Zappalorto
 6
"Ti amo che strano" Francesca Chiara
  • Mauro Spina
  • Francesca Chiara Casellati
  • Tank Palamara
 7
"Una musica può fare" Max Gazzè
  • Max Gazzè
  • Francesco Gazzè
 8
"Puoi fidarti di me" Allegra Allegra Lusini 9
"Noi non ci capiamo" Soerba
  • Luca Urbani
  • Gabriele D'Amora
 10
"Rospo" Quintorigo
  • M. De Leonardis
  • V. Bianchi
  • S. Ricci
  • A. Costa
  • G. Costa
 11
  • Winner of the Mia Martini Critics Award - Newcomers' section
  • Volare Award for Best Arrangement
"Little Darling" Boris
  • Alessandro Baldinotti
  • Giulia Fasolino
  • Boris
  • Paolo Hollesch
 12
"Al centro del mondo" Dr. Livingstone Andrea Bove 13
"Quando lei non c’è" Irene Lamedica
  • Irene Lamedica
  • Steve Lucarelli
  • Roberto Baldi
 14

Musical guests

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Guests[1]
Artist(s) Song(s)
Cher "Believe"
Blur "Tender"
Gianni Morandi "Lasciarsi per amore"
"Vita"
Skunk Anansie "Charlie Big Potato"
Five "Everybody Get Up"
Ivano Fossati "Mio fratello che guardi il mondo"
"Una notte in Italia"
Riccardo Cocciante "Margherita"
R.E.M. "Daysleeper"
"Lotus"
Emilia Rydberg "Big Big World"
Franco Battiato "Shock in My Town"
"Vite parallele"
"Il mantello e la spiga"
Ricky Martin "Maria"
"La Bomba"
"La copa de la vida"
Lenny Kravitz "Thinking of You"
Mariah Carey "I Still Believe"
Alanis Morissette "Joining You"

References

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  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Eddy Anselmi. Festival di Sanremo: almanacco illustrato della canzone italiana. Panini Comics, 2009. ISBN 8863462291.
  2. ↑ Solaro, Alba (28 February 1999). "Critici all'assalto: «Giuria ci deludi hai votato male»" (PDF). L'Unità. p. 5. Retrieved 29 April 2024.
  3. 1 2 Mustara, Antonio (27 January 2015). "Festival di Sanremo 1999". TV Sorrisi e Canzoni (in Italian). Retrieved 29 April 2024.
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